James Frayne: Lower middle class women are highly competent and well-educated but less likely to be employed
This represents a huge loss of talent and industry.
This represents a huge loss of talent and industry.
It is not so much a location where goods and services can be sold, but rather a system of political control.
With the gap between disabled and non-disabled employment rates having worsened since 2010, it’s clear that urgent action is needed.
What stands in the way of the homes, jobs and savings proclaimed on the masthead of this site is not a state that’s too liberal, but one that’s not liberal enough.
The introduction of a work permit scheme that confines EU migration to skilled employment would by our calcuation reduce it net by approximately 100,000 a year.
There has been huge investment in physical capital. But meanwhile, the effort to revitalise our human capital has been fragmented, centralised and half-hearted.
To those who are trying to frighten British workers, saying “When we leave, employment rights will be eroded”, I say firmly and unequivocally “no they won’t’.
Our universities churn out more graduates than is useful whilst necessary skills are under-supplied by the neglected vocational alternative.
In a nutshell, the cut was a doubling down on easing Brexit – which matters.
Rather than building more hostels let’s ensure those currently in them have the chance to leave.
You can only come back in politics if you have first left. And it’s better to take the decision yourself rather than have it forced on you.
We re-issue the new Brexit Secretary’s essay on economic policy and the EU negotiation, originally published on this site on Monday.
Crucially, he has enhanced the role of our state without falling into the trap of just extending it.
Cameron may soon be going, but we must ensure that his legacy is secured, our party should unite, and our work should begin again.
The free marketeers don’t like all his proposals, and quotas would lower standards. But many of his plans head in the right direction.